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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Fri May 15, 2015, 05:39 PM May 2015

Syrian forces battle IS near ancient ruins of Palmyra

Source: BBC

Syrian government forces are trying to drive back Islamic State (IS) from the ancient ruins and famous World Heritage Site of Palmyra in the Syrian desert.

Syrian warplanes and troops are targeting militant positions on the city's eastern edge, activists say.

The UN's top cultural official said the IS advance was "very alarming".

Islamic State has ransacked and demolished several ancient sites in Iraq. Palmrya has already suffered damage during the Syrian civil war.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-32756301

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Syrian forces battle IS near ancient ruins of Palmyra (Original Post) Bosonic May 2015 OP

So we're rooting for an extended battle? 7962 May 2015 #1

I'm not. I'm hoping the Syrian forces rapidly exterminate them. Comrade Grumpy May 2015 #2

And they're still holding over 200 eissa May 2015 #3

7962

(11,841 posts)

1. So we're rooting for an extended battle?

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2015, 06:13 PM

May 2015

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)

2. I'm not. I'm hoping the Syrian forces rapidly exterminate them.

Reply to 7962 (Reply #1)

Fri May 15, 2015, 07:06 PM

May 2015

But that's probably not going to happen.

eissa

(4,238 posts)

3. And they're still holding over 200

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2015, 09:23 PM

May 2015

Assyrian villagers, mainly women and children. Negotiations with humanitarian groups fell through when ISIS demanded $23 million for them. Now we fear they'll be taken to Raqqa and sold into slavery. I can't believe this is being allowed to happen in this day and age. Horrifying.

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